tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post1324677845105143519..comments2024-03-28T10:33:26.317-04:00Comments on The Romance Dish: Reflectionspjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-30931361808860250762012-05-16T00:54:06.043-04:002012-05-16T00:54:06.043-04:00I grew up near Lake Champlain in Northern New York...I grew up near Lake Champlain in Northern New York. We lived in a town of about 35,000 until I was in 7th grade then moved about 12 miles away out in the country near a small town. Most of my family still lives in the area, but we live in NE Tennessee. When my husband retired from the AF, we picked a town with a good VA hospital and halfway between our families. His brother's family is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-553855786013620902012-05-15T16:13:01.139-04:002012-05-15T16:13:01.139-04:00my niece looked a great deal like my dad when comp...<i>my niece looked a great deal like my dad when comparing her 18 month old photo to his.... luckily, she didn't develop his mustache!!!</i><br /><br />ROFL!!!!pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-83677463097893723192012-05-15T11:51:01.938-04:002012-05-15T11:51:01.938-04:00Trish, you could be describing my hometown too. I ...Trish, you could be describing my hometown too. I can remember coming home from dates and having my parents know every place I'd been before I could even open my mouth. lol! It could be frustrating at times but, as you said, it mostly gave me a feeling of safety and security.pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-76808963905098424182012-05-15T11:46:19.373-04:002012-05-15T11:46:19.373-04:00Glad you enjoyed it, Cheryl! I hope I did Mrs. Re...Glad you enjoyed it, Cheryl! I hope I did Mrs. Rendell proud. :)<br /><br />Mrs. Lobdell had a lot to do with my love of history too and probably is part of the reason I so enjoy historical romance.pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-67567602633677931442012-05-15T11:43:43.464-04:002012-05-15T11:43:43.464-04:00Can't tell you how much I enjoyed being able t...Can't tell you how much I enjoyed being able to sit back, relax and enjoy the trip. Thanks again for doing the driving! <br /><br />I feel very blessed to be part of such a wonderful "Clan" and we were all blessed when you decided to join us! ♥pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-16922303331001230172012-05-15T11:40:36.266-04:002012-05-15T11:40:36.266-04:00On ancestry.com, I found a photo of my great- grea...<i>On ancestry.com, I found a photo of my great- great grandfather, and my uncle looks so much like him it's spooky. :-)</i><br /><br />How cool! I've been thinking about joining ancestry.com and doing some research on my family.pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-60428096994341174122012-05-15T07:44:02.115-04:002012-05-15T07:44:02.115-04:00Another small town gal here.. sure could relate to...Another small town gal here.. sure could relate to your blog!! I still visit mine fairly regularly..and still can recognize some people [especially if I can remember what their parents looked like!!!].. Some stuff has change but a great deal remains the same! I know you're glad to have made the trek!!! ps.. my niece looked a great deal like my dad when comparing her 18 month old photo to girlygirlhoosier52https://www.blogger.com/profile/12253919063849062372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-46765344214550717742012-05-15T07:27:36.106-04:002012-05-15T07:27:36.106-04:00THis made me cry. I grew up in a very small town....THis made me cry. I grew up in a very small town. If you were seen somewhere after 10:00, someone called your house to let you parents know. We never had any secrets, but we also felt like we belonged to the whole town. It was great, and it was awful at the same time. But we always, always felt safe. I think that is why i love the small town books that are so popular now, it feels like TrishJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509217997367767249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-10686625218511307832012-05-14T22:51:49.895-04:002012-05-14T22:51:49.895-04:00Very well said PJ!!! You do Mrs. Rendell proud. ...Very well said PJ!!! You do Mrs. Rendell proud. It was so nice to see it through your eyes as many of us who stayed in the area often don't see the changes. I love the FB page "You know you're from Watervliet if....." It really delves way back into the history of Watervliet. Although I enjoy reading an infinite variety of books and absolutely love Clive Cussler, I enjoy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-8258240690472313362012-05-14T22:31:33.937-04:002012-05-14T22:31:33.937-04:00Patty, what a wonderful bittersweet week it was! ...Patty, what a wonderful bittersweet week it was! One of the reasons I did all the driving for our journey was so that you could absorb everything and connect with everyone without the silly distractions of navigation and automobile operations. One of the things i've always cherished about being part of the Colman Clan (which is the best description for our collection of colorful individualsKittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17251974270757089061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-84257856616159440742012-05-14T22:08:52.396-04:002012-05-14T22:08:52.396-04:00I love this blog, PJ. It's wonderful to go ho...I love this blog, PJ. It's wonderful to go home again. And I especially love to reconnect with family. The older I get, the more I realize how precious that connection is. <br /><br />I love the picture of your grandmother. Over the last year or so as I've been doing my family tree, I've discovered some fun info. On ancestry.com, I found a photo of my great- great grandfather, Gannon Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636246789013520445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-62434657841620911582012-05-14T18:44:46.651-04:002012-05-14T18:44:46.651-04:00Thanks, Anna. My stepmom was a wonderful woman an...Thanks, Anna. My stepmom was a wonderful woman and she will be greatly missed. <br /><br />I'm not sure which is worse; farms replaced by subdivisions or farms abandoned and broken. Either way, it would be hard to go back.pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-57666584120427000482012-05-14T18:41:49.785-04:002012-05-14T18:41:49.785-04:00I try to visit my relatives once a year but it doe...I try to visit my relatives once a year but it doesn't always work out. An eleven hour drive is not exactly just around the corner. ;-)pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-59132951475234759182012-05-14T18:40:24.105-04:002012-05-14T18:40:24.105-04:00How nice that your sister is close by. I wish my ...How nice that your sister is close by. I wish my brothers and I lived closer together.pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-22352811820687914502012-05-14T18:38:47.915-04:002012-05-14T18:38:47.915-04:00I know what you mean about things seeming smaller,...I know what you mean about things seeming smaller, Rhi. I felt that way when we drove by our grade school. What was huge to a 3rd grader sure is tiny through an adult's eyes! ;-)pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-40193715901569608752012-05-14T18:35:44.286-04:002012-05-14T18:35:44.286-04:00Thanks, Janga! You know, it says a lot about a to...Thanks, Janga! You know, it says a lot about a town and a town's inhabitants when young people want to stay or return after time away. The town I now live in is a lot like that. It's one of the qualities that impressed us when we first started coming here to vacation.pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-70513232422072560602012-05-14T14:57:04.336-04:002012-05-14T14:57:04.336-04:00PJ, what a gorgeous blog. I loved reading about th...PJ, what a gorgeous blog. I loved reading about the place you grew up and your feelings when you returned after so long. Hugs on the loss of your stepmother. My deepest condolences to you and your family. I haven't been back to where I grew up for years. When I was a kid, it was a fairly isolated and extremely tiny farming hamlet. It's now a dormitory suburb for the big city that's Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-27384143476796517052012-05-14T13:42:16.087-04:002012-05-14T13:42:16.087-04:00What a wonderful blog, PJ! I'm glad you had a ...What a wonderful blog, PJ! I'm glad you had a great time despite the reason that prompted the trip. <br /><br />I don't live where I grew up, but I do live where I visited every summer as a kid (because of extended family). I was born on the east coast of Florida and grew up on the west coast (Tampa). I love where we live now, though. We visit Tampa once a year as my husband still has Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653666675287477633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-49881599874926273802012-05-14T12:50:26.255-04:002012-05-14T12:50:26.255-04:00I live about forty miles from where I grew up. My ...I live about forty miles from where I grew up. My sister still lives there.Quilt Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958381203753210051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-43898290251241589552012-05-14T11:53:31.976-04:002012-05-14T11:53:31.976-04:00I still live in the same area that I grew up in. ...I still live in the same area that I grew up in. The town I was born in is only 10 minutes away, the city I lived in until 8th grade is a half hour drive and the little town I went to high school in is only 10 minutes away as well. I do like to return to all of them, the high school really gets me...it seems so much smaller.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-29763620015752117962012-05-14T11:48:38.052-04:002012-05-14T11:48:38.052-04:00I'm so glad that happy times were part of your...I'm so glad that happy times were part of your trip despite its sad cause, PJ. I'm equally happy that you're safly home with some great new memories to add to your store.<br /><br />I still live in the town in which I grew up. A surprisingly high perecentage of my schoolmates remain here and others have returned. Because changes have ocurred gradually, they don't seem as dramatic Jangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128188159653860806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-19573801454792304092012-05-14T09:42:24.817-04:002012-05-14T09:42:24.817-04:00(((Jenn))) Wish you had been with us too. Even t...(((Jenn))) Wish you had been with us too. Even though you're living on the other side of the world, you are always in our thoughts and our hearts. <i>Everybody</i> asked about you! Seriously, as much as we talked about you, your ears should have been burning all week!<br /><br /><i>Does Aunt Dorothy still have the "This isn't Burger King. You don't get it your way. You get itpjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-60273510475569305382012-05-14T09:35:48.165-04:002012-05-14T09:35:48.165-04:00I also had neighbors that were "Aunt" Ha...<i>I also had neighbors that were "Aunt" Hazel and "Uncle" Walter. It was years before I knew they weren't really related other than by heart.</i><br /><br />Those relatives of the heart are very special, aren't they?<br /><br /><i>what struck me was it seemed so very much smaller than I remembered.</i><br /><br />LOL! Isn't it funny how different our perspective pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-18823544192976305382012-05-14T09:31:42.759-04:002012-05-14T09:31:42.759-04:00Hi Anne! Glad you had a good time in Cincinnati. ...Hi Anne! Glad you had a good time in Cincinnati. OVRWA is a great chapter! And what fun that you were able to get together with your college friend. <br /><br />It sounds like you've been blessed with a wonderful family.pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-77609919917287291472012-05-14T09:01:43.214-04:002012-05-14T09:01:43.214-04:00Aww, Aunt Patty, you know just how to make me cry!...Aww, Aunt Patty, you know just how to make me cry!! I am thankful every day for how wonderfully close knit our family is. <br /><br />I wish I could have been there last week. I am really hoping to sometime be able to go home for an extended vacation and actually get up north to see everyone! The hardest part about moving abroad is being so far away from everyone. Thank god for the internet! <br Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15342895144523490090noreply@blogger.com